{"nrhp_refnum":"05001185","name":"Goll Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"26093 Township Rd. F","address_restricted":false,"city":"Archbold","county":"Fulton County","state":"OH","lat":41.556170147000046,"lon":-84.36414435199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-10-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement","European"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmstead of four contributing buildings (farmhouse ca. 1862, barn ca. 1865, garage ca. 1930, and a granary/machine shed of unknown date) on a 2.315-acre cleared site in German Township near Archbold, Fulton County, Ohio, within Goll Woods State Nature Preserve.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the homestead as the farm of Goll family pioneers who emigrated from Alsace, France, in 1836 and built a diversified farm in the former Black Swamp area. The barn is described as a rare triple jetty bank barn with timber framing and \"pseudo\" Esel Fuus joints, and the house uses German Fachwerk framing. The property is recommended as locally significant.","narrative":"Three miles northwest of Archbold, Ohio, the Goll Homestead sits in a small clearing inside Goll Woods State Nature Preserve. It includes a two-story farmhouse from about 1862, a timber-frame barn from about 1865, a 1930 garage and a granary or machine shed. Peter Goll, Sr., a French-born tailor and wagon maker from Alsace, arrived in German Township in 1836, bought land in 1837 and eventually owned over 600 acres. He and his son Peter, Jr. built the house and barn. The house uses German half-timbered Fachwerk framing, was turned a quarter-turn and placed on a new foundation in the early 1900s, and gained a full-length porch around 1910. The barn is a rare triple jetty bank barn with hand-hewn oak posts, pegged mortise-and-tenon joints and a later gambrel roof. Census records show the Golls ran a diversified farm that grew substantially by 1880, reflecting the draining of the Great Black Swamp.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Peter Goll, Sr. and his son Peter Goll, Jr. (built the house and barn)","architectural_style":"Mid 19th Century/Other: four over four plan farmhouse; bank barn with split forebay; wood frame farm buildings","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources; current function is outdoor recreation/nature preserve. The barn's wooden ramps are in an advanced state of decay.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.733798-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/05001185.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001185/6856c01a6c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001185/6856c01a6c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goll_Homestead_farmhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goll_Homestead_farmhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988634","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goll_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5580805"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/fulton-county/goll-homestead-05001185/"}